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August 29, 2017

​B’nai B’rith International President Gary P. Saltzman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement:

B’nai B’rith International is pleased that the U.S. State Department is moving forward to appoint a Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism. While anti-Semitism has always been a central concern in our country and around the world, the number of global anti-Semitic incidents and...

August 28, 2017

B’nai B’rith International President Gary P. Saltzman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement:

B’nai B’rith International is opening its Disaster Relief Fund to provide aid to the victims of Hurricane Harvey. On Aug. 25 the Category 4 storm made landfall in Texas, and, according to CNN, has dumped 11...

August 22, 2017

In my prayers since hearing of the violence in Charlottesville on Saturday, these words of the Pledge of Allegiance have come up repeatedly: “…one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” Written in 1892 by the Rev. Francis Bellamy and amended by Congress in 1954 to include the words “under God,” they articulate with clarity what it means to be American, describing our most basic...

I was on the road when it happened, away from my home and my office, booked solid from dawn ‘til dusk for 10 straight days. I was swamped. Then the news broke from Charlottesville. Confrontation and violence on the streets of a normally beautiful college town.

I asked myself, “Marty, shouldn’t you respond? Shouldn’t you post something, blog something, offer a word or a thought or – well, something?” It felt...

I hope you all know I’m not one to burden you with my opinions every time there’s a story in the news; I hope you know I really don’t want to use my position to talk about politics. But at some point I think I’m failing in my responsibility as a bishop in God’s holy Church if I bury my head in the sand in this difficult moment for our nation, if I don’t try to...

We write to you on this day following the events in Charlottesville, Virginia. Once again a community in our nation has been torn apart by senseless violence resulting in bloodshed and death. We celebrate and uphold our country’s rights of free speech and assembly. We cannot condone, however, any actions motivated by racism and hate. Each and every one of us is created in the image...

August 17, 2017

​B’nai B’rith International President Gary P. Saltzman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement:

B’nai B’rith International is appalled by the terrorist attack that occurred today in Barcelona, Spain. A van drove into pedestrians at the Las Ramblas district, killing at least 13 people and wounding more than 100. Two people have been arrested.

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